UNIV 213
Science and Engineering of Music and Sound

• Main Course Page
• Alternative Textbooks
• Assignments
• Course Description
• Exams
• Instructor Information
• Moodle Site
• Syllabus and Policies
• Web Links

Exam Policies (updated 2/16/2020)

For remotely administered exams, see the informational e-mail distributed before the exam.

Advice Regarding Exam Preparation and Anxiety Management

• Bucknell TLC Resources (see "Test Prep & Anxiety" section at bottom of page)
• "I Know the Material, But When I Take the Test I Go Blank!" (Kansas State U. Counseling Services)
• "How Can You Reduce Test Anxiety?" (Kansas State U. Counseling Services)
• Relaxation Skills to Reduce Anxiety (U. of Michigan Medical School)
• Various Handouts on Study Skills, Including Managing Test Anxiety (Western U., London, Ontario Student Development Centre)
• "10 Ways to Overcome Test Anxiety" (Princeton Review; WARNING: pop-ups)
• Richard Felder's Test Preparation Checklist

The following advice is from the Bucknell Teaching and Learning Center:

Anxiety can be managed in a lot of ways, but two important strategies are calming and controlling.

BEFORE an anxiety event:

• Plan ahead to give yourself enough time to feel prepared (control)
• Have a plan with specific goals/tasks you can check off (control)
• Take mental & physical breaks as you work ahead of time (calm)
• Write about your anxieties ahead of time to help let them go (control)
• Walk or be outside in nature briefly before the event (calm)

DURING a test or other anxiety event:

• Survey/preview the entire thing to know what's coming (control)
• Try looking up and to the left to trigger memory if blanking (control)
• Mentally make a strategic plan to maximize time/points/effort (control)
• Take deep breaths with closed eyes between problems or sections (calm)